Window Detail of the Former Police Court - Camp Street Ballarat
The red brick Federation-era courthouse was built in Ballarat's Camp Street as the new police court in 1904. It contained a two-story courtroom with clerk's and magistrate's rooms. It features a balcony for the magistrate above the entranceway. The Queen Anne style building features (formerly) white and red banding around doorways and windows.
After 1941, when courtrooms were provided in the new State Government offices, this building housed the Benevolent Asylum's Ladies Committee.
Today it houses the Arts Academy's music theatre studio.
Queen Anne was mostly a residential style inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement in England, but also encompassed some of the more stylised elements of Art Nouveau, which gave it an more decorative look. Queen Anne style civic buildings are a rarity in Australia.
Window Detail of the Former Police Court - Camp Street Ballarat
The red brick Federation-era courthouse was built in Ballarat's Camp Street as the new police court in 1904. It contained a two-story courtroom with clerk's and magistrate's rooms. It features a balcony for the magistrate above the entranceway. The Queen Anne style building features (formerly) white and red banding around doorways and windows.
After 1941, when courtrooms were provided in the new State Government offices, this building housed the Benevolent Asylum's Ladies Committee.
Today it houses the Arts Academy's music theatre studio.
Queen Anne was mostly a residential style inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement in England, but also encompassed some of the more stylised elements of Art Nouveau, which gave it an more decorative look. Queen Anne style civic buildings are a rarity in Australia.